Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
A Festival of Russian Ballet
Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
28/10/2011 - 13/11/2011
"A festival of music, movement and colour..
"Audience declares evening a resounding success..
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The Meridian Season of The Sleeping Beauty
Palmerston North, Dunedin, Wellington, Napier, Invercargill, Auckland
28/10/2011 - 04/12/2011
"A feast of virtuoso dance..
"Truly first rate pure escapism..
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Rise - Java Dance Company
Wellington
22/10/2011 - 05/11/2011
"Connecting all the senses..
"Flour, treacle water -- a finely negotiated balance..
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
Wellington
26/10/2011 - 04/11/2011
"A delight of dichotomies..
"Energy, fun and some inconsistency..
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On The Upside-Down of the World
Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Hamilton, Tauranga, NYC, USA, Nelson, Wanaka, Christchurch, Wellington
01/07/2011 - 25/08/2014
"Interrogating multiple selves..
"Sweet, heartfelt and tenderly funny star performance..
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A THOUSAND HILLS
Auckland
20/10/2011 - 23/11/2013
"Multiple narratives effortlessly weave a clear and distinct course..
"“A distillation of love from the crucible of Hell”..
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Rita and Douglas
Queenstown, Wellington, Tauranga, Dunedin, Wanaka, Auckland, Nelson
12/04/2011 - 12/04/2014
"Poignant and elegantly told..
"Deeply insightful..
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C’Mon Black!
Wellington, Wanaka, Tauranga
13/04/2011 - 27/10/2011
"A stereotype in three dimensions..
"Far from being just a game..
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2 Dimensional Life of Her
Wanaka, Tauranga, Wellington, Auckland
21/03/2011 - 22/02/2012
"New Performance, New Dimensions..
"A charming, fresh approach to mixed-media work..
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Drowning in Veronica Lake
Hamilton, Wellington, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Auckland, Dunedin
22/02/2011 - 23/02/2016
"This is what magnificent theatre looks like..
"The Fame Monster..
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TIC TIC
Wellington, Auckland, Tauranga, , Dunedin
04/05/2010 - 06/10/2012
"Disparate components flow smoothly..
"Quite simply an inspiration..
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Random Acts of God & Other Stories: A Contemporary Cabaret
Christchurch, Nelson
14/12/2010 - 21/10/2011
"The best performance in Nelson Arts Festival 2011..
"Accomplished performers raise questions about power..
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Joseph Harper: The Boy and The Bicycle
Auckland, Wellington
12/10/2011 - 21/10/2011
"Intense yet lyrical, fretted with humour, absorbing and strangely life-affirming..
"Raw, honest and enjoyable..
Hold Onto Your Horses
Dunedin, Christchurch - Canterbury
18/10/2011 - 27/05/2012
"Pleasurably larger-than-life characters..
"Broken community’s issues confronted with style, commitment and sensitivity..
Joseph Harper: Bikes I’ve Owned Versus Girls I’ve Fallen In Love With
Auckland, Wellington
06/05/2011 - 22/10/2011
"Comedy of anguish generously shared..
"Genuinely likeable autobiographical chat..
Yo Future
Wellington
18/10/2011 - 23/10/2011
"Mortality and anarchy loom large..
"Well-wrought, compelling and salutary..
The Hare and The Tortoise
Wellington
08/10/2011 - 22/10/2011
"Wild imagination of school holiday theatre..
"Brains v speed gets a fresh run – plus ‘guess my gripe’..
Spaced Out!
Wellington
10/10/2011 - 22/10/2011
"Wild imagination of school holiday theatre..
"A bit too predetermined?..